Foreign Languages and Cultures: Italian Studies and Romance Languages / German Language and Communication
Description
The aim of the study program Foreign Languages and Cultures is to train well qualified bachelors in the Humanities with a broad range of knowledge and competences, who have a knowledge of Italian or German (C1 level) and an additional foreign language (B2 level). Graduates will grasp the fundamentals of linguistics, literary studies, translation, intercultural communication, and production of spoken and written texts, and become familiar with the culture of a chosen country, its history, political and economic situation. Students will be able to interpret and analyse different countries’ cultural phenomena in the European and global context. Graduates will be able to apply their linguistic, communicative, cultural, social and other competences in professional and academic areas.
" I seek to invite my students to engage with various aspects of extremely rich German culture as well as to facilitate their access to what is of greatest value today: professional networks and numerous sources of information in the German language. I also try to give students as many opportunities as possible to gain practical experience so that they would become real experts on Germany and competent intermediaries between our countries.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rūta Eidukevičienė, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Programme Lecturer
School days are coming to an end, but do you already know what you want to do in your life? The Italian and Romance Languages programme at Vytautas Magnus University offers you four years to explore the world of Romance languages. Dreaming of the South? Italy, France, and Spain are already within your reach! The unique structure of the programme gives you the freedom to choose not only what to study but also where to travel!
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefano Lanza, Chairman of the Kaunas Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society, Programme Lecturer
Nowadays, it's no longer English that offers great opportunities, but knowledge of other languages. Even before I graduated the VMU study programme “German and Communication”, I had job offers and orders to cover by three more people. Studying German at VMU not only allows you to consolidate what you already know (or to learn German from the very beginning), but it also gives you a broader perspective on language, communication and the culture of German-speaking countries. Not to mention the fact that I travelled all over Europe while studying at VMU - I don't know if any other university offers such a wide variety of study programmes and short-term courses abroad.
Adomas Taraskevičius, Graduate of the VMU German Language and Communication Programme, translator and teacher
My years of study allowed me to grow and confidently embrace challenges. While learning the Italian language, I met many remarkable people whom I can now call Friends and, most importantly, I found my path—one that leads towards great dreams and goals! I am especially grateful for the literature lectures, which helped me realise my passion for creative writing and my desire to paint the brightest pictures with the written word.
Evelina Gudukaitė, Alumni and Laureate of the Prix Laurence 2022
Partners
Graduates can work as experts in economy and society in state institutions of EU and other countries as well as in private companies as they are able to prepare and implement international business, media, marketing, cultural and other projects. They can also work as cultural, educational, scientific, and public communication experts.
Curriculum
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Italian Language and Culture (1) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Italian Grammar (1) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Career Planning Practice of Foreign Languages and Cultures | 3 |
| A group subjects | 16 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| German Phonetics | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 3 |
| Career Planning Practice of Foreign Languages and Cultures | 3 | |
| German Grammar I | Jurgita Lukienė | 6 |
| Contemporary German I | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 6 |
| A group subjects | 12 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| French Phonetics | Olivia Marie Anne FRITSCH | 3 |
| French Language and Culture I | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Career Planning Practice of Foreign Languages and Cultures | 3 | |
| French Grammar I | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 6 |
| A group subjects | 12 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Italian Language and Culture (2) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Italian Grammar (2) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| A group subjects | 18 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Contemporary German II | Jurgita Lukienė | 6 |
| German Grammar II | Jurgita Lukienė | 6 |
| A group subjects | 18 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| French Language and Culture II | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Introduction to Francophone Studies | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 4 |
| French Grammar II | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 6 |
| A group subjects | 14 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Fundamentals of Linguistics | Joris Kazlauskas | 3 |
| Italian Language and Culture (3) | Alba Rosa Mennillo | 6 |
| Italian Grammar (3) | Alba Rosa Mennillo | 3 |
| Basics of the Latin Language | Stefano Maria Lanza | 4 |
| A group subjects | 14 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Fundamentals of Linguistics | Joris Kazlauskas | 3 |
| Contemporary German III | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 6 |
| Text Grammar of German | Daiva Kielaitė | 3 |
| German Economic System | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 3 |
| A group subjects | 14 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Fundamentals of Linguistics | Joris Kazlauskas | 3 |
| French Language and Culture III | Dinara Mambetkazieva | 6 |
| Text Grammar of French | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 3 |
| Basics of the Latin Language | Stefano Maria Lanza | 4 |
| A group subjects | 14 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| History of The Mediterranean Region | Moreno Bonda | 5 |
| Basics and Development of Translation Theories | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 5 |
| Introduction to Literary Studies | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| Italian Language and Culture (4) | Alba Rosa Mennillo | 6 |
| A group subjects | 8 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Basics and Development of Translation Theories | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 5 |
| Introduction to Literary Studies | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| Contemporary German IV | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 6 |
| Language Standards and Principles of Editing | Erika Rimkutė | 5 |
| A group subjects | 12 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Basics and Development of Translation Theories | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 5 |
| Introduction to Literary Studies | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| French Language and Culture IV | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| A group subjects | 16 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Language Standards and Principles of Editing | Erika Rimkutė | 5 |
| Italian Language and Culture (5) | Alessandro Poroli | 6 |
| Academic Writing in Italian | Moreno Bonda | 4 |
| Survey of Italian Literature I | Alba Rosa Mennillo | 5 |
| Translation from Italian I | Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda | 5 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (1) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture I | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Contemporary German I | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 6 |
| Contemporary English (1) | Kristina Aurylaitė | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Language Standards and Principles of Editing | Erika Rimkutė | 5 |
| Contemporary German V | Jurgita Lukienė | 6 |
| Academic Writing in German | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 4 |
| Literature of German Speaking Countries in European Context | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (1) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture I | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (1) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Contemporary English (1) | Kristina Aurylaitė | 6 |
| Optional courses 2 | ||
| Legal German Language and Communication | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 5 |
| Media Language and Communication | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 5 |
| Language of Advertising and Marketing Communication | 5 | |
| Technical Language and Communication | 5 | |
| Tourism Language and Communication | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 5 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Language Standards and Principles of Editing | Erika Rimkutė | 5 |
| Academic Writing in French | Liudmila Dulksnienė | 4 |
| Tradition of Literary Genre of Francophone Countries | Inga Litvinavičienė | 5 |
| Business French | Emma Anais Bredy | 5 |
| Applied Linguistics and Translation | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 5 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Italian Language and Culture (1) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Contemporary German I | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 6 |
| Contemporary English (1) | Kristina Aurylaitė | 6 |
| Spanish Language and Culture (1) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Term Paper | 3 | |
| Italian Language and Culture (6) | 6 | |
| Survey of Italian Literature II | Novella di Nunzio | 5 |
| Translation from Italian II | Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda | 5 |
| Intercultural Communication | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (2) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture II | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Contemporary German II | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 6 |
| Contemporary English (2) | Kristina Aurylaitė | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Term Paper | 3 | |
| Business German | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 4 |
| German Lexicology | Jurgita Lukienė | 4 |
| Translation of Subject–Specific Texts I | Jūratė Žukauskaitė | 5 |
| Intercultural Communication | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| French Language and Culture II | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (2) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Contemporary English (2) | Kristina Aurylaitė | 6 |
| Spanish Language and Culture (2) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| Optional courses 2 | ||
| Legal German Language and Communication | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 5 |
| Media Language and Communication | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 5 |
| Language of Advertising and Marketing Communication | 5 | |
| Technical Language and Communication | 5 | |
| Tourism Language and Communication | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 5 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Term Paper | 3 | |
| Diplomatic French | Giedrė Pranaitytė | 5 |
| Translation of Specialised Texts | Aurelija Leonavičienė | 5 |
| Intercultural Communication | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 4 |
| Intermedial Analysis of Literary Texts | Inga Litvinavičienė | 4 |
| Economics and Politics of Francophone Countries | Mindaugas Norkevičius | 3 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (2) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (2) | Moreno Bonda | 6 |
| Contemporary German II | Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė | 6 |
| Contemporary English (2) | Kristina Aurylaitė | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Qualifying Practice of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication | 12 | |
| Linguistics of Romance Languages | Stefano Maria Lanza | 5 |
| Bachelor's Thesis Writing Seminar | Moreno Bonda | 3 |
| Contemporary Italian Literature | Luca Pavan | 5 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (3) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture III | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Contemporary German III | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 6 |
| English Morpho-Syntax | Donata Berūkštienė | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Qualifying Practice of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication | 12 | |
| Translation of Subject–Specific Texts II | Jūratė Žukauskaitė | 5 |
| Contrastive Text Linguistics and Pragmatics | 4 | |
| German Politics in the EU Context | Mindaugas Norkevičius | 3 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (3) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture III | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (3) | Stefano Maria Lanza | 6 |
| English Morpho-Syntax | Donata Berūkštienė | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Qualifying Practice of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication | 12 | |
| Linguistics of Romance Languages | Stefano Maria Lanza | 5 |
| Analysis of Spoken Language | Emma Anais Bredy | 4 |
| Cultural Analysis of Literary Texts | Inga Litvinavičienė | 4 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (3) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (3) | Stefano Maria Lanza | 6 |
| Contemporary German III | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 6 |
| English Morpho-Syntax | Donata Berūkštienė | 6 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Bachelor Graduation Thesis | 15 | |
| Interpretation | Stefano Maria Lanza | 5 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (4) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture IV | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Contemporary German IV | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 6 |
| Academic English C1/C2 | 6 | |
| Business English C1/C2 | 6 | |
| Optional courses 2 | ||
| Modern Social and Cultural Life in Germany | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 4 |
| History of Italian Art | 4 | |
| Classic Lithuanian and Western European Literature | Aurelija Mykolaitytė | 4 |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Bachelor Graduation Thesis | 15 | |
| Modern Social and Cultural Life in Germany | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 4 |
| Recent German Literature and Book Sector | Rūta Eidukevičienė | 5 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (4) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| French Language and Culture IV | Inga Litvinavičienė | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (4) | Stefano Maria Lanza | 6 |
| Academic English C1/C2 | 6 | |
| Business English C1/C2 | 6 | |
| Course | Lecturer | ECTS Credits |
| Bachelor Graduation Thesis | 15 | |
| Interpretation | Inga Litvinavičienė | 4 |
| Historical Contexts of French Speaking Countries | Rūstis Kamuntavičius | 3 |
| Optional courses 1 | ||
| Spanish Language and Culture (4) | Maria Jose De Urraza | 6 |
| Italian Language and Culture (4) | Stefano Maria Lanza | 6 |
| Contemporary German IV | Benjamin Maximilian Hausner | 6 |
| Academic English C1/C2 | 6 | |
| Business English C1/C2 | 6 | |
